# Robot News - LLM Context File
# https://robot-new.com/llms.txt
# For more detailed content, see: https://robot-new.com/llms-full.txt

> Robot News is an automated RSS feed aggregation platform that collects, categorizes, and displays robotics news from industry-leading sources.

## Site Information

- Name: Robot News
- URL: https://robot-new.com
- API: https://api.robot-new.com
- Type: News Aggregation Platform
- Focus: Robotics, AI, Automation, Drones, Humanoids
- Language: English
- Update Frequency: Every 60 minutes (RSS polling)

## AI Agent Discovery Files

- `/.well-known/mcp.json` — API discovery: endpoint list, parameters, categories
- `/.well-known/agent-facts` — NANDA protocol AgentFacts for AI agent discovery
- `/api/openapi.json` — OpenAPI 3.1 specification for all REST endpoints
- `/llms.txt` — This file (concise site summary for AI)
- `/llms-full.txt` — Extended content with full API reference, schemas, architecture
- `/robots.txt` — Crawler access rules with AI bot directives
- `/sitemap.xml` — XML sitemap for crawlers

## Content Categories

The site organizes robotics news into six main categories:

1. **Industry News** - Business updates, market trends, company announcements
2. **Research** - Academic papers, breakthroughs, scientific discoveries
3. **Humanoids** - Humanoid robots, bipedal systems, social robots
4. **Industrial Robots** - Manufacturing, assembly, warehouse automation
5. **Drones** - UAVs, aerial robotics, autonomous flight systems
6. **AI/Automation** - Machine learning, computer vision, autonomous systems

## Primary RSS Sources

Articles are aggregated from these trusted robotics news sources:

- The Robot Report (therobotreport.com)
- Robohub (robohub.org)
- IEEE Spectrum Robotics (spectrum.ieee.org)
- MIT News Robotics (news.mit.edu)
- Robotics & Automation News (roboticsandautomationnews.com)

## Main Pages

- `/` - Homepage with featured articles and site overview
- `/news/` - Full article listing with filtering and search
- `/sources/` - RSS source health monitoring and information
- `/stats/` - Live aggregation statistics, category breakdown, source reliability data
- `/insights/` - In-depth guides, original data analysis, industry overviews
- `/insights/what-is-robotics/` - Complete guide: robotics definition, types, applications, market data

## Content Structure

Each article contains:
- Title and summary
- Source attribution with original link
- Publication date
- Category classification
- Tags for topic identification
- Featured image (when available)

## API Access

Public API endpoints for programmatic access:

- `GET /api/news` - Paginated article list with filters
- `GET /api/news/:id` - Single article details
- `GET /api/news/trending` - Popular articles
- `GET /api/news/stats` - Content statistics
- `GET /api/sources` - RSS source information
- `GET /api/sources/health` - Source health status
- `GET /api/categories` - Available categories

## Key Features

- **Smart Deduplication**: Multi-stage deduplication prevents duplicate articles using URL matching, 85% title similarity detection, and content hashing
- **Auto-Categorization**: Keyword-based automatic categorization into relevant topics
- **Full-Text Search**: PostgreSQL-powered search across titles, summaries, and content
- **Source Monitoring**: Real-time health tracking of RSS feed sources
- **Fresh Content**: Articles updated every 60 minutes from RSS sources

## Usage Guidelines

- All article content links to original sources
- Images are hotlinked (fair use compliance)
- Content is for informational purposes
- API is rate-limited for fair usage
- Attribution to original sources is maintained

## Contact

- Website: https://robot-new.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/leonmelamud/Robots-website

## Related Files

- `/robots.txt` - Crawler access rules
- `/sitemap.xml` - Site structure for search engines
- `/llms-full.txt` - Extended content for AI systems
- `/.well-known/mcp.json` - API discovery for AI agents
- `/api/openapi.json` - OpenAPI 3.1 specification

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Last Updated: 2026-02-14